JUST IN: More Troubles For Obsseki, As Edo Deputy Speaker, 4 Other Lawmakers Declare Support For Ize-Iyamu

The governorship aspiration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu today received a boost as the Deputy Speaker of Edo state House of Assembly, Hon. Yekini Idiaye and four other lawmakers declared their support for Ize-Iyamu and APC.

The lawmakers are among the 10 that were inaugurated in July 2019 while 14 others remain yet to be inaugurated.

According to the lawmakers, their decision is to remain in the APC on whose platform they were elected.

They insist on not joining the state governor, Godwin Obaseki in his new party, the PDP.

The lawmakers also alleged that the state executive led by governor Obaseki has made the legislature irrelevant and unable to perform its functions as enshrined in the constitution.